Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-30
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has an Instructive history lesson On the
Constitution Of the United States in the
November number Of the Popular Edu-
Gator. n = Ii . .} ... "a .i53 s..I.#
Miss Cora Chadbourne, Of Brownsville.
is now ore Of the teachers in the Third
Grade department Of the school at Spo-
kane Falls. Washington Territory, at q
salary of $65 a month";. N I ]..><..I 81,
Miss Jennie s. Short, of this city, who
is completing the course of study at the
Mankato Normal school, is receiving high
compliments from the faculty for her
work, both as a student and as teacher.
She is at present teaching in the Gram.
mar, grade. Miss Short has made for
herself an excellent record as teacher in
this county. -. ".
Supt. Belden last week was visiting
schools in Clayton and Window.
The fall term in District 80, (JoinO Ra-
cine. has been almost a failure. The at
tendance was very IRREGULAR and little at
tentlon was paid to any branches except
reading and arithmetic.
Miss Sarah Henslin and Miss Amelia G.
Utzinger, of Racine, are attending the
Normal school at Winona.
Mr.. Geo. E. Eppart, of Racine, is again
teacher in District SO. He IS one of our
best instructors,
In regard to instruction in Temperance
Physiology. Supt. Kiehle says:
Il. The first requisites are the char
acter and the example of the teacher.
Without the support of the teacher, in
deep and honest convictions and by ex-
with any book or any law. We therefore
look to the teacher, first and last and
having the teacher. we give him his own
first choice in the selection of his helps.
2. The instruction of the first years
must be oral and conversational. In no
case should children be allowed to mem
orize and recitc uninteiligently the mat
ter of textbook.
Two lessons should be given each week
upon a systematic plan, the time given to
each lesson being from twenty to thirty
minutes. In country schools, where no
separate division of time is set apart for
general lessons, the time of the first. Sec
ond and third reader lessons might be
given to this subject upon two afternoons
each week. These lessons may be given
orally purely. or, as is better. with the
aid of objects, charts, and elementary
| books to be read to the children or by
them as basis of conversational lessons.
Following this, should come the text
| book and class recltations in at least one
of the series recommended by the COM
! mission which makes the selection"
Try part 20 of Mrs Krox's language
book with the large boys who huYe never
studied grammar.
A Christmas Chance for the Boys and Girls.
To stimulate the imaginative talent it
believes to exist among the youth of the
State and to furnish an entertaining di
version to all It's readers, young and old,
the Pioneer Press has determined to in
augurate a novel literary competition.
1t offers the following prizes, to be award
ed before Christmas day and made a sort
of Christmas gift to the recipients, for
| the best original short stories or sketches.
not exceeding 1000 words in length,
written by pupils of the public schools
of the state.
$50 for the best Story or Sketch.
SIS for the second best story or sketch.
$40 for the third best story or sketch.
| SIS for the fourth best story or sketch.
Each of these productions is to be GER
titled by teacher in the public schools
of Minnesota to be the original work of
| pupil under his charge. The stories
may be of any character, juvenile, holi-
| day, humorous or serious. The only con-
ditions arc that they must be original.
! and written by bona tide public school
pupils; and that they must not exceed
1000 words in length. Each competing
story should be accompanied with the
true name and address of the writer, and
should be sent to the editor between the
list and 10Th of December.